showry
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I'm just coming to the end of my second season, doing schoolboy football, and was getting into a good groove. Until tonight.
Under 16 boys, Greens v Blues. Two fairly physical teams and two fairly vocal benches.
At 1-1 in the second half I awarded Greens a penalty. Green player had rounded keeper, I ignored the shouts for offside from Blue bench. Blue defender comes across to tackle, wins the ball but brings down the Green striker as he follows through. I point to the spot but within a couple of seconds I'm thinking I've probably got this wrong. Blues are in no doubt and one of them talks himself into a straight red. The bench are going nuts at this stage. Cue all the "don't know what you're doing" shouts from along the line. The penalty is converted and it turns into a fairly bad tempered game. 5 minutes later Green keeper carries the ball out of his box while kicking the ball out. Blues score from the resulting free kick and things just get more bad tempered. Both teams are just lumping the ball up the pitch and between watching the aerials and trying to keep an eye on the afters from the clearances it's hard going. I ruled out a Blue goal for a foul on a defender which wound them up more. The game finished 2-2 but I came away very disappointed, probably destroyed whatever goodwill and reputation I'd built up. I know it was a poor performance, I guess I just need to learn from it, put it away and try and do a better job in the two cup games I've got Saturday.
Under 16 boys, Greens v Blues. Two fairly physical teams and two fairly vocal benches.
At 1-1 in the second half I awarded Greens a penalty. Green player had rounded keeper, I ignored the shouts for offside from Blue bench. Blue defender comes across to tackle, wins the ball but brings down the Green striker as he follows through. I point to the spot but within a couple of seconds I'm thinking I've probably got this wrong. Blues are in no doubt and one of them talks himself into a straight red. The bench are going nuts at this stage. Cue all the "don't know what you're doing" shouts from along the line. The penalty is converted and it turns into a fairly bad tempered game. 5 minutes later Green keeper carries the ball out of his box while kicking the ball out. Blues score from the resulting free kick and things just get more bad tempered. Both teams are just lumping the ball up the pitch and between watching the aerials and trying to keep an eye on the afters from the clearances it's hard going. I ruled out a Blue goal for a foul on a defender which wound them up more. The game finished 2-2 but I came away very disappointed, probably destroyed whatever goodwill and reputation I'd built up. I know it was a poor performance, I guess I just need to learn from it, put it away and try and do a better job in the two cup games I've got Saturday.
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